Questions

So i'm the founder and developer of a startup, when i add a guy to the company to serve as a sales man, and give him 10% of equity of the company without any salary. Does it mean he'll receive 10%...

Equity

asked Jul 4 '11 at 10:12

Ryan
139 points

We are in the process of auditing a company with a view to buying them out. One of the key parts of this decision is the software they've written and modified over a long period of time. We always...

Selling Business

asked Oct 8 '11 at 05:39

Avg Joe007
26 points

I sell a software which I registered with some download sites. They generate a lot of traffic in downloading and distributing the demo but don't generate much visitors or sales in relation to this....

Sales Advertising

asked Oct 13 '11 at 16:18

Amenti
167 points

From a long time, I have been wondering how do services which are free or based on freemium models operate? Open source free softwares like Firefox, VLC player (if you are aware of it) or other...

Pricing Risk Finance

asked Oct 27 '09 at 05:32

Himanshu
56 points

I am buying out my co-founder of our 3 year old company that we started as a hobby/second job. We are profitable (although you definitely couldn't live off the profits alone!). Anyway, we've...

Tax USA Partnerships Selling Business

asked Oct 13 '10 at 02:38

Pete
116 points

It seems like there can be incentive for founders to give away equity to incubators, seed investors and co-founders, and then drop the startup and build a new one doing a similar thing but keeping...

Equity

asked Jul 17 '11 at 07:27

Ashton M.
83 points

I want to get feedback on an idea for a solution targeted at an industry that I have no experience in. So I'm on the lookout for an industry insider, sufficiently senior to get candid feedback...

Research Viability

asked Oct 30 '09 at 05:27

Raj Raman
66 points

I'm a big believer of "release early, release often" but what's the limit? Our software Traditional - Desktop software We are new but already got many clients Updates requires about 15-30...

Marketing Software Development Release

asked Feb 5 '10 at 06:57

The Dictator
2,305 points

I want to promote my site but does it make sense to outsource the marketing efforts to a full-time firm or do it myself? I'm launching a social platform with an e-commerce component. Would it make...

Marketing

asked Apr 21 '10 at 05:55

Pennyfiller13
86 points

I'd love to get your feedback on the following: After several months of talking with the directors of this firm, I am near to closing the deal. Overall, they love our solution and want to move...

Pricing Sales Negotiation

asked Jun 21 '10 at 10:03

Danny
113 points

I run a web service. I receive payments / donations through paypal and I'm considering mobile payments. http://www.boku.com/ and paymo do this. I would like to see if it's beneficial for me to...

Payments Mobile

asked Mar 12 '11 at 08:22

Mikhail
118 points

How do you overcome the marketers not understanding what it is you do? In my case making the rash assumption they are selling "some IT services". After 3 months I couldn't get through that we...

Marketing Business

asked Apr 1 '11 at 14:44

Robin Vessey
8,394 points

Please help me decide and refine the pricing for my new SAAS application. I already have an installable application and about launch a service on the cloud with monthly subscriptions. I have put...

Pricing Saas

asked Dec 2 '11 at 09:26

Nilesh
420 points

Like most startups with a focus on quick execution and conservation of cash, we're looking for a good-enough analytics solution that provides us the minimum of amount of business specific...

Analytics Metrics

asked Jan 31 '10 at 11:37

Howie
148 points

I just found OnStartups and I'm looking forward to sharing insights with you guys. My startup is currently in "concept" stage, and I was wondering where to begin my journey. I have a great idea,...

Funding Strategy Development Website

asked Jul 30 '11 at 01:01

User12313
16 points

I'm writing the product description for the business plan of my website and I'm looking for a proven structural template. My website is a mircodonation service (see my profile if your interested)....

Business Plan

asked Sep 21 '11 at 13:47

Ay Karsi
116 points

How do I approach this situation? I m a non-technical guy, but I want to set up a very basic search engine which would search for data from a MYSQL database of data collected by us.The data is...

Getting Started Co-Founder Technical Non Technical Search Engines

asked Sep 26 '11 at 18:30

User13528
16 points

My partner and I have come up with a unique technology that can provide a solution to many small scale problems. We've been working on the technology full-time for the past 5 months and now we are...

Technology Investors Fundraising

asked Feb 20 '13 at 19:57

Daniel
18 points

Will i get seed capital / angel investment for my venture if the capital that i am putting myself is zero? I mean my venture has a fund requirement of INR 2 Cr for the next 2 years, after which it...

Getting Started Angel Seed Funding

asked Mar 4 '13 at 06:42

User25293
16 points

I am a US citizen and resident and am opening a business selling online services to US customers. The first thing that came to mind when thinking about business / legal concerns is, Why not open it...

Tax Offshore

asked Apr 6 '11 at 23:42

Orokusaki
118 points